Nearest Communities to Golly,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Golly, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Golly:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Golly is located in DeWitt County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DeWitt County: Goliad, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca & Victoria.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Golly. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than DeWitt County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Golly (which is DeWitt County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Golly
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- DeWitt County (where Golly resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.dewitt.tx.us/
- County Seat for DeWitt: Cuero
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Arneckeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
- Meyersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Meyersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Upper Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Meyersville
- Thomaston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Verhelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Verhelle is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verhelle
- Cuero
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lindenau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindenau is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenau
- Buchel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buchel is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchel
- Yorktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stratton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stratton is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Kubala Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kubala Store is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kubala Store
- Edgar
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Concrete
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Concrete is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Terryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Gruenau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gruenau is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruenau
- Westhoff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Patch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cotton Patch is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Patch
- Nordheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Davy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Davy is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Davy
- Nopal
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nopal is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nopal
- Yoakum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Old Davy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Old Davy is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Davy
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Hochheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pearl City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Petersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Petersville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Steen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steen is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen
- Goliad County
- County Website: https://www.co.goliad.tx.us/
- County Seat for Goliad: Goliad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Ander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ander is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
- Weser
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weser is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
- Schroeder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schroeder is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schroeder
- Kilgore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Weesatche
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cologne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cologne is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
- Former names for Cologne:
- Centerville
- Ira Station
- Perdido
- Fannin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scurlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scurlock is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scurlock
- Melrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Goliad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Angel City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Angel City is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Melo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melo is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melo
- Charco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charco is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
- Riverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Gonzales County
- County Website: https://www.co.gonzales.tx.us/
- County Seat for Gonzales: Gonzales
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Yokum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yokum is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokum
- Cheapside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Sample
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sample is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample
- Pilgrim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Dreyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dreyer is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyer
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Edna
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- Navidad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Navidad is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
- Karnes County
- County Website: https://www.co.karnes.tx.us/
- County Seat for Karnes: Karnes City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Runge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ecleto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flaccus ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flaccus is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
- Lavaca County
- County Website: https://www.co.lavaca.tx.us/
- County Seat for Lavaca: Hallettsville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Adel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Adel is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Koerth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koerth is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koerth
- Sweet Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Victoria County
- County Website: https://www.vctx.org/
- County Seat for Victoria: Victoria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Golly ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Golly.
- Mission Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
- Nursery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moursund
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moursund is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moursund
- Coletoville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coletoville is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
- Aloe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aloe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
- Dupre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dupre is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupre
- Oak Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Village is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Raisin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
- Fordtran
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fordtran is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtran
- Chipley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chipley is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipley
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
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- Hughes ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Telferner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Guadalupe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Dernal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dernal is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dernal
- Wood Hi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wood Hi is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Hi
- Dacosta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dacosta is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
- Inez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McFaddin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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